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The Ongoing Mystery Aircraft Thread Part Deux.
- Thread starter Ferry_vO
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I see I have made Lefty a bit nervous posting something this new. Say what you will about these modern pointy jets but they are still quite a feat in engineering!
Walter corrected himself in time to get a cold one.
It is the Mitsubishi on final on it's maiden flight. Well done.
BTW- I like your avatar Mike. One of those suicidal Nazi rocket ships I see.
Here is yours truly lovingly caressing the fin of WL790 (N790WL) several years ago on a chilly overcast fall morning.
Walter corrected himself in time to get a cold one.
It is the Mitsubishi on final on it's maiden flight. Well done.BTW- I like your avatar Mike. One of those suicidal Nazi rocket ships I see.
Here is yours truly lovingly caressing the fin of WL790 (N790WL) several years ago on a chilly overcast fall morning.
Sjöflygplanet "Beda" (Swedish)....Hi Kevin. Thanks
This one may be more to Mike`s taste. One clue. I did not hide the registration `cause she never carried one!
Not my merit I recently saw it in a german thread....
Cheers
BG
Hi BG
I think you are far too modest. You noted it on that German site, you put the info in the memory box, you remembered it when I posted the picture and you prompty answered
I first saw this flying boat in an old Air Pictorial (May/1967??) just called the Nilsson Flying Boat. When I, like you, saw the photo on that German site, I only learned it is properly named the Nilsson "Beda". It was illegal and flown for some 500 hours before Hermandad came into action.
Much info on the designer Erland Nilsson, background etc in on hxxp://arlandaflygsamlingar.se/flygplan/sjoflygplanet-%E2%80%9Dbeda%E2%80%9D/
Have no idea what "Sjöflygplanet" means in English. Machine does not translate.
PS: Photo courtesy of the poster called Urig. "Beda" still exists in a Museum at Arlanda.
I think you are far too modest. You noted it on that German site, you put the info in the memory box, you remembered it when I posted the picture and you prompty answered
I first saw this flying boat in an old Air Pictorial (May/1967??) just called the Nilsson Flying Boat. When I, like you, saw the photo on that German site, I only learned it is properly named the Nilsson "Beda". It was illegal and flown for some 500 hours before Hermandad came into action.
Much info on the designer Erland Nilsson, background etc in on hxxp://arlandaflygsamlingar.se/flygplan/sjoflygplanet-%E2%80%9Dbeda%E2%80%9D/
Have no idea what "Sjöflygplanet" means in English. Machine does not translate.
PS: Photo courtesy of the poster called Urig. "Beda" still exists in a Museum at Arlanda.
Hi Wout!
As usual you are most kind and accurate in your statements (BTW "Sjöflygplanet" simply means "floater" [ having canvassed Sweden for business over twenty some odd years and speaking a decent german I can translate with difficulty a fair amount of swedish].
I have nothing on hand right now to post but maybe some of our members might be willing to exercise their spotting virtues over the following image (of which I'm not sure at all!).
And, as usual, cheers
BG
As usual you are most kind and accurate in your statements (BTW "Sjöflygplanet" simply means "floater" [ having canvassed Sweden for business over twenty some odd years and speaking a decent german I can translate with difficulty a fair amount of swedish].
I have nothing on hand right now to post but maybe some of our members might be willing to exercise their spotting virtues over the following image (of which I'm not sure at all!).
And, as usual, cheers
BG
pomme homme
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Judging by the size of that propellor, did it have any realistic expectation of leaving the ground? Or maybe it was not intended to do so - à la Kronfeld Ground Trainer.
pomme homme
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Ah, maybe I've got it. Now the picture emanates from Switzerland and, perhaps, that's not a propellor but clock hands. And I think that I can see a wooden bird between the two cylinders. So maybe it's not an aeroplane but a novelty cuckoo clock?
Well gentlemen I don't want to stress your meninges any longer therefore that the submitted pic was captioneds in the original source as "Gabriel L7A". However the net hasn't been very forthcoming concerning further comments viz explanations. I've found two manufacturers with the same name one in Germany the other in Poland however nothing seems to tally.
So let's bury the small-prop item and let it rest in its obscurity....
Open House please!
Cheers
BG
So let's bury the small-prop item and let it rest in its obscurity....
Open House please!
Cheers
BG
lefty
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No real credit due, Keith. A wee while ago I bought this addition to the library. It is a fascinating insight into the obsession that many people (mostly American ?) seemed to have about getting their cars to fly !
Have to say the idea of flying around in a car attached to a pair of wings with a couple of butterfly nuts gives me the shudders !
Have to say the idea of flying around in a car attached to a pair of wings with a couple of butterfly nuts gives me the shudders !
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Agreed!
Here is one that never flew so no good for any future mystery consideration. (Although the much maligned Corvair might have benefited from the otherworldly treatment!)
pomme homme
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Now that reminds me of a modern day reworking of M. Leyat's automotive marvels. One hél[of]ica!